Category Archives: Lowell Humanities Series
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon, author of Telegraph Avenue, will speak at Boston College on Apr. 17 at 7 p.m. in Yawkey Center. Chabon’s earlier works include The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won … Continue reading
Past Obsessions
In her forthcoming book Past Obsessions: World War Two in History and Memory, historian Carol Gluck considers examples from Europe, Asia, and North America that help us to understand both how public memory works and the challenge that the present preoccupation … Continue reading
Swamplandia!
Karen Russell, author of the acclaimed debut novel and Pulitzer Prize finalist Swamplandia!, will speak on Feb. 6 at a 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Russell’s new book, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, will be published this month. … Continue reading
Revelations
Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation, will deliver a lecture on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. Pagels’ other works include The Gnostic Gospels; Adam, Eve and the Serpent; The … Continue reading
Susan Choi, Take 2
Susan Choi was originally slated to speak on Oct. 30. This is the rescheduled event: Author Susan Choi will give a reading from her forthcoming novel on Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. in Higgins Hall, Room 300. Choi is the … Continue reading
Journalist Jane Mayer
Journalist Jane Mayer, author of the bestseller The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals, will speak on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Mayer … Continue reading
History’s historian
Historian Anthony Grafton, past president of the American Historical Association, will deliver a lecture on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. Grafton specializes in the study of the cultural history, scholarship and education in the West … Continue reading
Choi event postponed
Please note that Susan Choi’s appearance has been postponed until Nov. 29.
Susan Choi’s newest novel
Author Susan Choi will give a reading from her forthcoming novel on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, Room 305. Choi is the author of The Foreign Student, which won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction, and American … Continue reading
Poet Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon, whose poetry has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize, will give a reading on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 001. Among his books of poetry are New Weather, Mules, Why Brownlee Left, Quoof, Meeting The … Continue reading